U.S. offers ship, new systems to destroy Syrian chemical weapons. Pentagon officials said Thursday that the U.S. government has offered to send about 100 Defense Department civilians and a merchant ship to the Mediterranean to assist in the destruction
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Eight-month deployments are becoming the fleet standard, with some stretching much longer. For instance, destroyers Barry and Gravely returned from nine-month cruises in November that were extended due to the Syrian crisis.
Continue reading >>As their service turns 237 years old, U.S. Navy leaders can walk the Pentagon’s halls with a different sense of confidence than their sister services as the dark cloud of severe cuts to planned defense spending hover on the horizon. Eve
Continue reading >>U.S. offers ship, new systems to destroy Syrian chemical weapons. Pentagon officials said Thursday that the U.S. government has offered to send about 100 Defense Department civilians and a merchant ship to the Mediterranean to assist in the destruction
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